Category: 3. Middle East

By Tom Perry, Maya Gebeily, Laila Bassam and Emilie Madi

BEIRUT, March 27 (Reuters) – War between Israel and Hezbollah is pushing Lebanon’s fragile state and society towards breaking point, straining sectarian and political faultlines as Shi’ite…

March 27 (Reuters) – The U.S. military has fired over 850 Tomahawk cruise missiles in four weeks of war with Iran, burning through the precision weapons at a rate that has alarmed some Pentagon officials and prompted internal discussions about…

March 27 (Reuters) – More than 370,000 children have been forced from their homes in Lebanon amid Israel’s offensive against Hezbollah, with at least 121 children killed and 399 injured, UNICEF’s representative in Lebanon, MarcoluigiCorsi, said…

Ukraine and Saudi Arabia have signed an air defence agreement during President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to the kingdom facing Iranian drone attacks, two senior officials told AFP on Friday.

Kyiv has sought to leverage its expertise in downing…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — As fears of a wider regional conflict escalate following US and Israeli strikes on Iran that began in late February, Pakistan has emerged as an unexpected mediator, offering to help bring Washington and Tehran to the…

By Krishna N. Das, Nidhi Verma and Saurabh Sharma

NEW DELHI, March 27 (Reuters) – As India’s diplomats negotiated an accord that would ease punitive U.S. tariffs on the South Asian country’s exports in January, New Delhi slashed its purchases of…

The Strait of Hormuz will be opened to shipping once the US has concluded a favourable deal with Iran, White House Chief Donald Trump stated during a Cabinet meeting.

“Let’s see if we can strike a good deal,…